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"I want a marriage just like yours and Charlie's." I can't tell you how many times I've heard that remark. People often ask me how I've been so lucky to have had two amazing marriages. I was married to my late husband Steve for almost 17 years prior to his passing from a massive heart attack. And …

I call them the newsreader dresses. They hang in my wardrobe, stiff and structured, as if on military parade. The hems are knee-length. The necklines are square-cut. For the most part they come in block colours: pillarbox red, royal blue, grey-beige.<p>I take them out occasionally, not to wear, but to …

Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that connecting with people is an innate skill that belongs only to the lucky few.<p>Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that the ability to connect with others is a natural, unteachable trait that belongs to only a lucky few. It's easy to fall …

From a part-time bartender with $15,000 of debt to a mortgage banker who bought a house three months after graduation.<p>For many college graduates, the first year out can feel like a gauntlet. As soon as mortarboards are thrown, everyone races, Tough-Mudder-style, to post a status announcing "some …

Have you ever dated someone who just wasn't picking up what you were putting down?<p>Like you just Couldn't. Get. On. The. Same. Page? It's probably because you were speaking different languages.<p>But really.<p>Relationship therapist Gary Chapman pioneered the concept of the <b>Five Love Languages.</b> Your ideal …

The history of dating reveals how courtship has been hijacked by consumerism.<p>If taken seriously, few activities may fill your life with such highs, and such lows, as dating.<p>Now that it's possible to frenetically juggle prospects on multiple sites and apps and then bounce from bar to bed with them, …

Everything seems beautiful in the beginning and circumstances wear out even the most blissful relationships. Before the arguments, responsibilities, and kids, you were thinking of ways to spend more quality time. By the umpteenth year, you're contemplating ways to get away on your own. It's a …

We know we should talk about money before we get married, but what about before we get engaged? Absolutely. As Elle Kaplan, finance expert and founder of LexION Capital, explains, "it's standard practice to discuss milestones like wanting kids, buying a house, or travel plans before getting …

Millennials are marrying their exes.<p>There's a certain kind of masochistic pleasure that comes from reading <i>The</i> <i>New York Times</i> Vows column. If this is your typical post-brunch fare, you're in for a lot of cute—the type of material more often found in saccharine romantic comedy plots. But the pages, as …

<i>By David McFadden for YourTango.com</i>.<p><b>The secret is to avoid drama in the first place!</b><p>Sometimes maintaining a strong, healthy and growing relationship feels easy and natural, seeming to take no effort at all. Other times, that same relationship requires intention, effort, focus and genuine hard …

*~Trust issues~*.<p>Anyone who has been in a seriously crap-filled relationship knows that when you try to date again, it's like being a person without skin going into a room full of glass shards. You feel super vulnerable and scared, and you act like a weirdo with new guys because you're just super …

<i>This question originally appeared on Quora: How did you overcome your work routine? Don’t you feel that your life is just one infinitely repeated day?</i> <i>Answer by Michael Kilcoyne.</i><p>This was my routine before work:<p>Wake up at 2am in a complete panic.<br>• Fail to go back to sleep for another two or three …

<i>The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.</i><p>Amazon<p>Despite the fact that I've only had an Amazon Echo for three and a half months, I already consider it to be one of the best tech …

We live in a nation that rewards the outgoing, but the ranks of effective introverted CEOs are legion.<p>In her book <i>Killosophy</i>, poet and aphorist Criss Jami says, "Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to hell."<p>I'm an introvert. I like to write. I like to read. I like to …

Imagine the police arriving at an address where a husband is beating up his wife. What would you expect the couple to look like? A young woman with a couple of crying children and a man struggling to hide his aggression?<p>That’s very true in some cases. But we also need to envisage a very different …

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." - Dale Carnegie<p>The first steps in growth, not change, will always seem the hardest. Daunting even. Safety will always be in the known. Greatness is out there in the great big unknown however. Every day people …

Looking to update your makeup collection? Also looking to not blow your entire paycheck in the process? Head to the drugstore. When it comes to drugstore products, the only people we trust more than the dozens of bargain-beauty obsessed makeup artists for recommendations are the hard-core beauty …

Google’s Food Trends report recently named turmeric as the ‘breakout star’ ingredient of 2016, with internet searches for the yellow spice rising 56 per cent from since last November, and a whopping 300% over the last five years.<p>Pedro Pina, Global Client Partner for Top Food Brands at Google, says: …